Dedicated Servers?

[strallaalaa]

right i wasn't saying 78k player base is alot. i was saying it is a huge amount of extra players on top of it. that is like creating shoes but not selling or making them in size 7, why not make them in size 7 and get that extra cash. yeah you will make tons on all the other sizes but why not if it cost you next to nothing?

and though your right i don't know the business or makings of mmo's i do know one thing ..what i like as a consumer. i've played every mmo that has released for the most part since ffxi and i've yet to play any for more then a year. most only sadly a few months tops. i know i played ffxi for 5years. that is all i really need to know. also i can probably go threw the forums old posts, pre 1.0 launch and beyond and i bet i can find a million posts, with a million players(who don't even come on forums if even play anymore) that would beg to differ from what your saying.

[Abriael]

right i wasn't saying 78k player base is alot. i was saying it is a huge amount of extra players on top of it. that is like creating shoes but not selling or making them in size 7, why not make them in size 7 and get that extra cash. yeah you will make tons on all the other sizes but why not if it cost you next to nothing?

and though your right i don't know the business or makings of mmo's i do know one thing ..what i like as a consumer. i've played every mmo that has released for the most part since ffxi and i've yet to play any for more then a year. most only sadly a few months tops. i know i played ffxi for 5years. that is all i really need to know. also i can probably go threw the forums old posts, pre 1.0 launch and beyond and i bet i can find a million posts, with a million players(who don't even come on forums if even play anymore) that would beg to differ from what your saying.

You assume that those 78k players would want *only* a "old school" MMORPG (whatever it means), and as such would be additional customers, which is a rather tall assumption, and absolutely unrealistic.

Consumers have a big problem. It's called "tunnel vision". They think that their idea will automatically apply to a large number of people just because it sounds so great to them.

Only, it doesn't.

Having played every MMORPG ever released doesn't mean you know the market or what other consumers want. Not even forums are a faithful representation of what the customer base want, as they represent just a small minority. The majority is made by hundreds of thousands of silent players that play the game and will never care about bickering on the forums.

Oh yeah. have fun finding "a million posts" that "beg to differ" from what I'm saying. Better start counting, 'cause it'll take you a while.